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The three voyages of captain james cook round the world. Captain james cook, frs 27 october 1728 14 february 1779 was an english explorer, navigator and cartographer. Mathematics at the limits of computation, by william j. Shop by age, genre, series, and more to find the perfect childrens books for both little kids and big kids. Captain james cook was an english naval explorer whose expeditions in the 1770s charted much of the lands of the pacific, including new zealand, australia and hawaii. In this uniquely interesting book, photographer mariana cook offers readers high quality black and white.
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